Lagos seals Balmoral Convention Centre, restaurant over sewage violations

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office, LSWMO, connected Tuesday, May 5, 2026, unopen down Balmoral Convention Centre successful Victoria Island implicit improper discharge of earthy sewage into a nationalist drainage system.

A connection by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources,Tokunbo Wahab, said the enforcement enactment followed reports that the installation was releasing untreated discarded done a pumping machine, alongside unattended wastewater spillages from a blocked sewage chamber, which caused foul odour and biology nuisance successful the area.

“Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) connected Tuesday 5th May, 2026, sealed disconnected Balmoral Convention Centre, Victoria Island implicit indiscriminate discharge of earthy sewage into the nationalist drain via the usage of a pumping instrumentality and unattended Wastewater spillage from a blocked sewage enclosure causing nationalist nuisance and foul smell,” the connection said.

In a related move, the bureau besides sealed Foodies Restaurant located astatine No. 32B, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, Eti-Osa, Lagos, for discharging untreated wastewater into nationalist drains.

Authorities said the wastewater contained dense deposits of abdominous and oil, which blocked the drainage channels and led to pollution, violative smell, and disruption to the environment, contempt repeated warnings issued to the ...